Over the past few days, I've been watching to judge just how
desperate a situation Hamas has become with the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood
in Egypt .
Well, as is always the case in the Middle
East or governance anywhere in the 21st century world for that
matter, the answer is complicated!
Time and time again I've addressed the issue of the
"House Divided" that is called Hamas and how the Western world really doesn't grasp how un-unified
Hamas really is.
So, when I came across the attached story, one that is spot
on, I decided to stop waiting to see what Hamas post Morsi move would be and
just take a stab at it.
Now, the storyline behind the ongoing conflict between
Meshaal and Zahar is a study in Arab "relationships" in it' self, but
Shlomi Eldar really drives home a important point in this story, although it
may be one he didn't really realize.
When we look at the movement called Hamas and we do so from
Western eyes, it's easy to overlook the inter conflicts that are deliberately
kept from the open, outside media.
Most of us realize Hamas is a movement without a true
"Mother Ship" ... .a title once held by the Muslim Brotherhood when
it comes to talking of Hamas.
Where should the movement turn and who should lead the turn;
well that realizes a level of tension that has made the whole movement relatively
ineffective.
It takes two hands to count the number of
"leaders" that are all trying to Captain the ship and it seems none
of them are willing to sail in the same direction.
You can also bet the behind the scene support to this dysfunctional
family is hard at work and we all know what that effort is being lead by.
In the big picture of what is taking place in the region,
this dysfunctional family issue may not seem like an important issue, but trust
me when I tell you that it is.
If we back off the picture and look at the big moving parts
for the whole region over the past sixty days, one thing becomes clear.
The Sunni juggernaut seems to have lost a great deal of momentum.
The Western world has been second-guessing the
"support" movement given the strong possibility of the more radical
Sunni's taking over the movement.
Any event that takes the wind out of the sails of the Sunni
ship right now just might be by design.
Is anyone really going to attempt to unify the Hamas
movement?
Well, my bet is not anyone from the Western side of the
world.
Finally; what happens if the Sunni movement falls apart?
Does peace break out in the region?
Don't get your hopes up and when it comes to a dysfunctional
Sunni movement; be careful what you ask for!
